Koishii (Beloved) Part XIII

By: Rylolynn

This is the sequel to Shadow of Hinata continuing after Shino and Hinata's first kiss.

Summary: Hinata and Shino share an empathic bond that is tied to their feelings for each other. (If the premise sounds familiar it is loosely based on Imzadi.)

Team 8 are now all Chuunin ranked ninja. (Timeline wise, Tsunade is Hokage, Naruto is away training, Sauske is a expletive who ran away with Orochimaru—basically a little before the Shipuuden series, pre-time-skip.)

Warning: lovey dovey fluff, WAF (warm and fuzzy) prolly a little angsty too. Takes a different direction then the canon.

A/N: Imzadi belongs to Peter David, Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.

Italics: Thoughts

Koishii (Beloved/yearned for)
Shitawashii (beloved/dear)

Teme (Derogatory form of "you")

He didn't know…well Akamaru knew, and Shino, and Hinata and Shikamaru and Ino and Choji knew.

Kiba, well Kiba had better things to do then to notice any hint of amorous liaisons between anybody. He was still picking himself up after being floored by Shino and Hinata's relationship.

"Ah Hinata, beautiful Hinata." Kiba was emitting a low rumble from deep in his throat. "Hrumph… Shino, quick, sneaky bastard."

Kiba made a quick glance at Akamaru who brought a smile to his dull expression.

"Yeah you're right, let's go get something to eat."

Long blond hair caught Kiba's eye. The tips of sun kissed hair brushed against bare midriff. The canine-like ninja brought his gaze higher to trace the outline of a royal purple halter top.

"Ino." Kiba smirked.

"Heh, dog-boy don't talk to me like as if we were friends."

Two-thirds of the notorious "Rookie 9" had been seeing a lot of each other lately.

Kiba brought a clawed hand to the back of his ear for a good scratch.

"You know Ino-chan…" Kiba drawled out the blond's name, "My talented team (Ino's right eyebrow instantly shot up) —you know Team 8; and your Team 10 have been training together… (Ino's irritated look of disbelief brought a wide grin to Kiba's face) a lot lately." He finally finished.

"I hardly call training near each other the same thing as training together." Ino emphasized the obvious difference to the dense oblivious. A slight toss of Ino's head flipped her long bangs out of her face.

"Hah! She's flirting with me!"

Chouji's easy stride brought Kiba out of his reverie. The large shinobi was surprisingly light on his feet. He was almost silent in his movement except for the loud crunching of Chouji's notorious chip eating.

Ino's blue eyes suddenly found her kunoichi sandals very interesting. Her blond bangs found there way into her face again.

"What? It's just a lite snack after breakfast and before brunch…" Chouji looked like a puppy readying himself for a sound scolding.

"Choji! How are you supposed to loose any weight if you keep snacking?"

The hefty shinobi fliched.

Ino turned on her heel and huffed "What is taking Asuma-sensi so long anyway?"

"Like you have to ask?" a detached and entirely bored voice chimed in.

"Teme Shikamaru," a piercing gaze was shot at the totally unfazed shinobi, "Chouji's supposed to be your best friend, you're supposed to be helping him."

"Chouji is my best friend. He's fine the way he is."

Asuma strolled over to his team and placed a hand on Shikamaru's shoulder.

"Hey kids what's going on?" Asuma said smoothly with a relaxed smile.

Shikamaru sighed and rolled his eyes.

"Come on noon is coming and that will make your skinny shadow even smaller."

Ino's blue eyes narrowed at the cloud loving shinobi.

"Heh, Ino's scary. I wouldn't ever want her to be mad at me." Kiba thought, suddenly feeling cold.

As Team 10 walked by Kiba noticed a faint scent that was familiar, but before he could place it a small girl with very distinct pale Huuyga eyes approached him.

A/n: Yes I know it was short... but hey 2 chapters in one nite thats is worth something... right?

Review and I'll send 2/3 of the Rookie 9 to give you some love